‘Google Phone’ will be launched in the U.S. for U.S. $ 199
September 18th, 2008Phone manufacturer of HTC will be the first to use software android.
Operating System Google seeks to consolidate use in mobile web.
The first mobile phone with Google operating system will come to the U.S. market for $ 199, according to information disclosed this Wednesday (17) by the Wall Street Journal. ” The unit is the manufacturer HTC and must be submitted by the operator T-Mobile in New York, next Tuesday (23). The software Google takes the name of Android.
Companies involved in the launch were sought by the Reuters news agency, but did not want to comment on the information.
AT & T, the only U.S. carrier that sells the iPhone, Apple’s, fixed the price of the latest version of the unit to U.S. $ 199, which established a benchmark for smart phones with Internet access, that manage email and have multimedia tools. This is the case of appliances that use the android.
The newspaper, citing people close to the matter, reported that the T-Mobile plans to launch new plans for data together with the phone Google, which will take “aggressive price”.
The operating system from Google, which will be compatible with various types of equipment, a variety of manufacturers, represents a challenge for the iPhone, Apple’s, and also for other companies involved in trade in smart phones such as Palm, Research in Motion, Microsoft and Nokia.
Android
The android was submitted in November 2007 and is part of a partnership between Google and dozens of other companies called Open Handset Alliance. According to Google, he will help the industry of mobile phones to make Internet phones work in the same way it works in computers.
“Our hope is that thousands of different models of phones are triggered by the android,” said Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google, at the time when the news was announced.
The operating system allows other independent applications are installed by users, after acquiring the device, as happens with the iPhone, Apple’s.